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The IMCG General Assembly Meeting will take place online on Friday 21 August 13.00 CEST 12.00 BST. For more information, read the invitation.

The International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG) and Peat Early Career Researcher (ECR) Action Team aim to encourage the exchange of knowledge by organising a series of webinars.

Webinar topic:

Landscape ecological research into peatlands in South Africa and Lesotho and its significance for their conservation and restoration.

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The IMCG Field Excursion and Assembly Meeting 2027 will take place in East Africa.
It is with regret that a decision has been made to postpone the Field Symposium which was to be hosted in Rwanda and Uganda, East Africa. This being due to the current breakout of Ebola, with several institutions instructing participants not to attend, for insurance reasons.
We hope to reschedule the trip to take place in February 2027 and further details will be communicated once plans are more definite. .

The International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG) with the collaboration of National University of Tierra del Fuego, Wildlife Conservation Society-Chile (WCS-Chile), Instituto de la Patagonia - Universidad de Magallanes, Cape Horn International Center, Millenium Institute Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems, and Planeta Agua Foundation, organized the International Field Symposium “Peatlands of Magallanes 2025” (1-9 December) as part of IMCG’s annual assessments.  read the Statement

An excursion report is also available

Please sign the petition for the cancellation of Saemangeum New Airport in order to protect the Sura Tidal Flat! Tidal flats of the Yellow Sea is one of the five extent tidal flats on this planet and encompass Korea(South and North) and China. The Yellow Sea has a shallow shelf and an archipelago with significant macrotidal conditions(4~9m). This tidal energy has enriched marine ecosystem, migratory birds from around the world, and more than 150 million people living nearby. These tidal flats are being endangered mainly because of aggressive reclamation and pollution.

Peatlands are Mongolia’s last source of water and productive lands. They maintain permafrost, which plays a significant role in the integrity of the Mongolian landscape and climate. Nowadays, however, they are rapidly disappearing.
ABC SDG invites you to join us and help the people of Mongolia stop this unsafe development. You will learn about Mongolia’s nature and possibly find more sustainable, nature-based solutions.

Franziska Tanneberger, main board member of IMCG, receives the Deutscher Umweltpreis 2024 by DBU. Franziska is now being honored for raising awareness that sustainable use of peatlands requires exchange and cooperation between the parties involved. She receives the price for building bridges between science, politics and agriculture. With her research, she shows how the rewetting of peatland can be successful in conjunction with agriculture.

In an open letter, science associations and networks across Europe express our critic of European decision-makers for a series of decisions that undermine the EU's environmental agenda and international obligations, resulting in an overall attack on the Green Deal, on nature, and the future of EU citizens. read more

In 2024, the 20^th IMCG Field Symposium and General Assembly will be held in Germany. Please, visit the conference website and register definitely, if you want to participate.

In 2024, the 20^th IMCG Field Symposium and General Assembly will be held in Germany. Please, visit the conference website and register definitely, if you want to participate.